1879-1953 Georgian-born Soviet leader. He was the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party (1922-1953). He ruled the former Soviet Union as a dictator after 1930, eliminating political opponents in a series of purges and causing nationwide famine with his collectivist agricultural policy.After World War II, he extended Soviet control over most of Eastern Europe.
As ruler of the U.S.S.R. from 1929 to 1953, Joseph Stalin was in charge of Soviet policies during the early phase of the Cold War. Born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili on ...
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